The Official 2018-2019 Anaheim Ducks Thread

[gotbeer]

1 minute ago, UndertheHalo said:

You should probably cool your jets on Kase.  He’s a fine player.  He’s not an all star.  It would not be shocking if he’s regresses a bit tbh. 

We shall see.  His career/points path is similar to Rakell's.  So I'm hoping that best case scenario.  I do think one thing that he does have in his favor is Rico.  It's one thing to be taught by guys like Getzlaf.  But to have a veteran centerman teaching you should only be good things for him.

[UndertheHalo]

3 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

We shall see.  His career/points path is similar to Rakell's.  So I'm hoping that best case scenario.  I do think one thing that he does have in his favor is Rico.  It's one thing to be taught by guys like Getzlaf.  But to have a veteran centerman teaching you should only be good things for him.

Ya I mean I think he’s fine.  He has top 6 upside. But I don’t care for the Rakell comp.  In terms of pure tools, Rakell is quite a bit better. 

Kase has a great engine and is adequately skilled. He’s a good player.  But I think there’s plenty of question as to whether he’s a regular 1st or 2nd liner.  He may well regress to being 3rd or 4th line type.  Which is fine.  The Ducks need that 2. 

[gotbeer]

 

[UndertheHalo]

There’s no silver lining in this story.  It’s absurd that a player like Nick Ritchie is holding out.  There’s no need to mince words about this.  Nick Ritchie has not been a good NHL player.  This is a guy who has been easy to scratch night over night. 

It’s really too bad that basically the only high pick the Ducks have had in the last 6 or 7 years looks like such a terrible miss.  There are players all over he league now, drafted after Ritchie who are much better players at this stage of their careers.  We’re just stuck hoping the “power forward take a while to develop” works out.  Doesn’t seem like that cause is helped by this hold out.  The Ducks need Ritchie to be a good player.  It doesn’t look like it’s going to happen. 

Edited September 15, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[gotbeer]

Yeah, I had high hopes for Ritchie.  But it looks like he will be a career 4th line player.  

That he's holding out is going to really hurt him.  Because now, they are going to find a young hungry guy to play on the Kase/Rico line.  And it probably will relegate him to a permanent 4th line/scratch spot.

[UndertheHalo]

Went out to the training camp scrimmage at Honda Center today, Comtois stood out to me, as did Terry Megna and Petterson. Larsson did not impress me at all.  Megna and Petterson both probably looked good because they’re too advanced for the skill level on the ice.  Both are ready for the NHL now imo.  

Terry is obviously physically gifted, he handled the puck with ease, and was very quick when he wanted to be.  I felt like he was playing at half speed though.  That was a bit disappointing.  Comtois I thought played real smart.  He was putting himself in great spots on the ice through out the scrimmage.  It was impressive to me.  He seemed to have good speed for his size as well.  Solid handles.  He looked good. 

Edited September 17, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[gotbeer]

Just too bad Terry isn't a left.  Would be a great fit with Kase/Rico.  And Comtois is still young.  Would they bump him to that line?

Edited September 17, 2018 by gotbeer

[gotbeer]

Sigh.  In the trade Perry stat column.  His comments in this article will piss you off.  At least Getzlaf gets it, and even with age, he will be fine on this team.

Veterans will need to buy into a new system for Ducks to have success this season

[deepdrive]

Oh sure, when Perry was pissing everyone else in the league off, we were fine with that. But now that he's pissing us off it's like wtf.

Lol, he is who he's always been.

[gotbeer]

So how long into the season before Carlyle is fired for not knowing how to do a uptempo game?  By the sounds of it, the first preseason game was a hot mess.  

[nate]

Ducks need to run up tempo - hire Carlyle, then keep him...

Not that it matters, this team is so much worse than half of the pacific, no amount of coaching will save them.

[UndertheHalo]

13 hours ago, nate said:

Ducks need to run up tempo - hire Carlyle, then keep him...

Not that it matters, this team is so much worse than half of the pacific, no amount of coaching will save them.

It’s true unfortunately 

[gotbeer]

Well, the boner line is producing at least.

[Pujols4MVP]

Shea Theodore signs a 7 year deal with 5.2mil AAV. The guy Murray gave away to Vegas instead of buying out useless Bieska & trading Vatanen.
They could have used Theodore in another trade such as getting another team to take Perry which then would have made it possible to acquire Karlsson to stop SJ from getting him.

[gotbeer]

6 hours ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

Shea Theodore signs a 7 year deal with 5.2mil AAV. The guy Murray gave away to Vegas instead of buying out useless Bieska & trading Vatanen.
They could have used Theodore in another trade such as getting another team to take Perry which then would have made it possible to acquire Karlsson to stop SJ from getting him.

Remember, Vatanen was hurt. Nobody was going to trade for him at full value.  But yeah, Bieska was stupid.  

[gotbeer]

And it starts.

 

[deepdrive]

8 hours ago, Scioscia4MVP said:

Shea Theodore signs a 7 year deal with 5.2mil AAV. The guy Murray gave away to Vegas instead of buying out useless Bieska & trading Vatanen.
They could have used Theodore in another trade such as getting another team to take Perry which then would have made it possible to acquire Karlsson to stop SJ from getting him.

The problem with your logic is that the Shea Theadore of the Knights is not the Shea Theadore of the Ducks. We don’t get the Knights Theadore to trade with. We get the Theadore who RC buries and gets labeled as a bust to trade with. Not the same guy.

[gotbeer]

Corey Perry out 5 months to repair a broken pus....meniscus tear in his knee.  

Ducks suddenly got faster and better at D.

[gotbeer]

Now Murray.  Get to work and get us Stone.  

[gotbeer]

And in case you were wondering.  

Buyout after this season.

Corey Perry Buyout Details

Cost Calculations

BUYOUT DATE	BASE SALARY REMAINING	S.BONUS REMAINING	YEARS REMAINING	BUYOUT LENGTH	AGE	BUYOUT RATIO	TOTAL COST	TOTAL SAVINGS	ANNUAL COST
Jun 15, 2019	$12,000,000	$3,000,000	2	4	34	2/3	$8,000,000	$4,000,000	$2,000,000

Cap Hit Calculations

SEASON	BASE SALARY	INITIAL CAP HIT	ACTUAL COST	SAVINGS	FINAL CAP HIT
2019-20	$8,000,000	$8,625,000	$2,000,000	$6,000,000	$2,625,000
2020-21	$4,000,000	$8,625,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$6,625,000
2021-22	$0	$0	$2,000,000	-$2,000,000	$2,000,000
2022-23	$0	$0	$2,000,000	-$2,000,000	$2,000,000
TOTAL	$12,000,000	$17,250,000	$8,000,000	$4,000,000	$13,250,000

[Thomas]

11 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Corey Perry out 5 months to repair a broken pus....meniscus tear in his knee. 

I'm not a doctor but that's a really long time for a meniscus tear.

[UndertheHalo]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Corey Perry out 5 months to repair a broken pus....meniscus tear in his knee.  

Ducks suddenly got faster and better at D.

Really, it’s not terrible news at all.  Sometimes it’s just best to make a guy go away like this.  Corey Perry sucks.  And the Ducks almost certainly were going to ram him into a roll that he would be hurting the team in.  Now, we just don’t have to worry about that because he can’t play.  OH WELL.  

Silver lining is that it may force their hand to get someone as you say, or it may force them to push a younger guy.  Maybe this is Sam Steels ticket to the show.  I have my doubts about whether he’ll be able to hang now, but if he is able to.  It’s definitely a net positive for the Ducks. 

[gotbeer]

2 hours ago, Thomas said:

I'm not a doctor but that's a really long time for a meniscus tear.

 

 

 

[Thomas]

Hope he isn't pulling a Shaq and getting the surgery on "company time".

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, Thomas said:

Hope he isn't pulling a Shaq and getting the surgery on "company time".

I'm fine with LTIR for Perry.  The way he was playing last season, he's the Albert Pujols of the team.  He would still produce.  But is still a black hole, detriment to the team.  Once the season starts, we are going to have a bunch of cap room to hopefully make a long term significant trade.  That is if Murray is awake.